VPP-0055
QUESTION
Button ulcers in intestines and turkey egg appearance of kidneys are pathognomonic lesions seen in?
OPTIONS
(A) Swine fever
(B) Swine pox
(C) Swine vehicular exanthema
(D) Swine erysipelas infection
ANSWER
(A) Swine fever
EXPLANATION
The combination of intestinal button ulcers and a turkey-egg appearance of the kidneys is considered characteristic of classical swine fever. Swine pox and swine vesicular diseases produce primarily cutaneous or vesicular lesions, while erysipelas has a different pattern of septicemic, cutaneous, and arthritic disease. Therefore, option A is correct.